The Dept of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University has just opened an open-rank search (Associate / Full) for history of medicine pre-1800. Details here: apply.interfolio.com/182469

So pleased to see the dreaded pox here!!

Nature@nature.com · last mo.

Books in brief 📚 The poetry of twilight and the awe-inspiring magic of eclipses go.nature.com/4g2lKci

Another challenge of AI in the classroom that I haven’t seen much discussed: amount of in-class learning time given over to in-class assessments to ensure no AI use. I had to cut 1.5 weeks of class content!

I'm a proud @shearites.bsky.social as it debuts the Civics Exchange, part of a multi-pronged outreach at a moment when good history is a critical component of our civic discourse. Please circulate widely, & if you're a journalist or from an organization looking for experts, dig in! civics.shear.org

Home - SHEAR Civics Exchange

“Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.”– James Madison, 1791 Welcome […]

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Just sharing a very fun podcast I got to do - we had such a great conversation! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Special Episode: Dr. Olivia Weisser & The Dreaded Pox

Podcast Episode · This Podcast Will Kill You · May 12 · 51m

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Cannot wait to read this new new book by @roxannekhamsi.bsky.social on our ever mutating cells - BEYOND INHERITANCE - it already came up in my history of medicine class this week!

Beyond Inheritance by Roxanne Khamsi: 9780593541913 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain Multitudes A...

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Spotted in the wild at @portersqbooks.bsky.social 🙌

Tonight we celebrate with Hungary by having homemade chicken paprikash and spaetzle

The AHA, with American Oversight, filed a lawsuit challenging a DOJ memo declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional—threatening access to millions of records, including at the National Archives. This case is about public access to our nation’s history. Learn more and support our work:

AHA Files Lawsuit to Defend the Presidential Records Act - AHA

The American Historical Association, in collaboration with American Oversight, filed a lawsuit last night challenging a recent memorandum from the Department of Justice declaring the Presidential Reco...

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No Kings in Boston

Despite (or because of?) current events, history is more relevant than ever. Thanks so much to @historyextra.bsky.social for the opportunity to share a different kind of history of disease podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Sores, sweat and secretions: the pox in early modern London

Podcast Episode · HistoryExtra podcast · March 23 · 36m

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In addition to today's guide to national history societies in the UK and Ireland, we also have listings of c.100 Record Societies. These societies are central to our research culture, with a focus on regional history / primary source publications. Here is England: bit.ly/4sPSwk3 1/2 #Skystorians

English Regional History and Record Societies - RHS

About this listing The following is a listing of English record societies specialising in historical research and publishing in selected regions. If you are member of one of the following societies, a...

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I get a scam email from someone claiming to be hosting a book club and wanting to read my new book every single day. I am utterly baffled by this trend. Why would a book club need an author's permission to read a book? Don't they know that book clubs just, ya know, read the book?

COVER REVEAL. Really excited to show off the fantastic cover for my new book Sniff from @yalebooks.bsky.social. It’s a history of smells across time and space and hits the shelves on the 8th September. Pre-order from Yale, your local bookshop, or the usual suspects! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Also: everyone should read this book.

Cindy Ermus@cindyermus.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If anyone seeing this could use my book for research, or is thinking of assigning it but doesn't want students to pay too much for books, write me.

For #WomensHistoryMonth we are resharing some of our past posts on Alice Thornton. As it is also #InternationalWomensDay we are sharing Patricia Phillippy's post on Thornton's North American connections. #EarlyModern #Skystorians 🗃️ thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2...

Women's History Month 2024, 4: Alice Thornton and the North American Connection

Blog article - 21 March 2024

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Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit? They look so cool! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas

The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

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currently teaching 19th-c sectarian medicine and struck by the long roots of anti-elitism in the US. Students picked up on it right away: "they sound like instagram influencers!"

I love that there’s a kids book (All in A Drop) about Leeuwenhoek and early modern science tho it made me think of this image and now curious about said drop… www.harpercollins.com/products/all...

A window display out of an author’s fantasy - I’m here for it and so deeply grateful to the @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social for the support 😉

'Written Worlds: Non-Elite Writers in Early Modern England' Sue Wiseman, Michael Powell-Davies and I will be introducing our five-year collaborative project at the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday, March 5th. Hope to see you there! Register here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

For Boston area peoples: there’s a fun-fact-filled talk about the history of STIs at Harvard’s @countwaylibrary.bsky.social on March 31! libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/15805705

Author Series: The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London

About the book: In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, venereal disease, or the 'pox,' was a dreaded diagnosis throughout Europe. Its ghastly marks, along with their...

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Amanda Herbert and Kevin Dawson debut a new HLQ article category called Early/Modern Connections: original #earlymodern research in service of the public good. The article and cover feature art by Ebony Iman Dallas. Open access: muse.jhu.edu/article/983132

From biblical Greek, to the scandalous secret disease of early modern London, we've all sorts of new books for you to get stuck into. 🙌📚 There is 'Reading Biblical Greek' by Steffen G. Jenkins, 'The Dreaded Pox' by @oliviaweisser.bsky.social, 'Keeping Hold' by Kate Smith and many more. 🤩

How did people in the seventeenth century understand ending a pregnancy? Find out tomorrow, Thursday 2/19, at Mary Fissell’s talk, ‘Savin, Sex, and Scandal: Rethinking Abortion in Early Modern Anglo-America.’ 4:00–5:30 PM in 470 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley. #History #Gender #Medicine

Discover how shame, secrecy and so‑called “shame‑free” cures helped turn the pox into the first modern disease and how Londoners navigated silent shopping, social judgement and new attempts at objective diagnosis. Read more about Olivia Weisser's new book, 'The Dreaded Pox'🔗 https://cup.org/4qJwePw

The AAHM, in conjunction with the AAHN @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social, is pleased to share details about our 2026 Annual Meeting in Buffalo, NY. Join us for what promises to be a dynamic gathering of scholars! Learn more about our upcoming meeting here: histmed.org/buffalo-2026...

2026 Annual Meeting

American Association for the History of Medicine in conjunction with theAmerican Association for the History of Nursing   99th Annual Meeting   Buffalo, New YorkJune 3-7, 2026 Preliminary Program avai...

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Chuffed to see this ranking!

Happy VD day! Hot off the press on this lovely Valentine’s Day- THE DREADED POX - a history of having and living with VD (venereal disease) in London hundreds of years ago. www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...

The Dreaded Pox

Cambridge Core - British History after 1450 - The Dreaded Pox

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I had a fun conversation with Miranda Melcher for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my new book THE DREADED POX and all the wild ways to treat a clap in the 1700s. newbooksnetwork.com/the-dreaded-...